Happy Birthday to me! Second one in a lockdown. But, my heart is filled with gratitude to be here right now with my family and friends. Healthy and well. Birthday’s are a time to reflect and I’d like to share my five top (life) lessons to date. A lot is…

Friends, I want to take you on a journey with me. A wild trip that involves: A torn dress 15 minutes before a speaking engagement at an international conference. In 2019. Yes. No fiction here. All truths. Two years ago, a time like today (March 7), I was planning to…

Friends, I have a dirty little secret. I discovered something that scares me. It keeps me up at night. I walk around, with bated breath that I will soon be found out. Sometimes, I think I’m inadequate. A complete fraud. Wait, how? Hmmm…yes. I struggle with imposter syndrome. What is…

In 2016, in a span of two weeks or less, I submitted 38 job applications. There were countless more from my phone. Whenever I came across a job advert, I would skim through the requirements and within an hour of seeing it, I got applying. …

About 11 years ago, I left Mombasa for a new city that I had only read about in the news. I was joining the University of Nairobi as a Fresher. Nairobi — at least to us Mombasa people — was famous for crime. Robbers and thieves. I had heard countless…